Vista has this nifty new feature that makes it so the default runas command doesn’t work in domain environments. By default it’s now set to only use the local administrator account of the machine rather than an option for any account local or domain as it did before. So, how to work around this little feature you ask. Read on to find out.
The answer is simple, hack the registry. Just open up notepad and copy/paste in the following lines, editing the username to what is appropriate for you.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@=”runas /user:domain\username ”%1””
“IsolatedCommand”=”runas /user:domain\username ”%1””
Save it as a .reg file on your desktop and double click it to merge it into the registry.
Log off and back on, and now the Run As Administrator will run with the user you selected.
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